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Bácsalmás (Hungarian: Bácsalmási járás; German: Kreis Almasch) is a district in southern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Bácsalmás is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Bácsalmás District
Bácsalmási járás | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Bács-Kiskun |
District seat | Bácsalmás |
Area | |
• Total | 561.71 km2 (216.88 sq mi) |
• Rank | 8th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 20,094 |
• Rank | 9th in Bács-Kiskun |
• Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Geography edit
Bácsalmás District borders with Jánoshalma District and Kiskunhalas District to the north, the Serbian districts of North Bačka to the east and West Bačka to the south, Baja District to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Bácsalmás District is 10.
Municipalities edit
The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]
- Bácsalmás (6,811) – district seat
- Bácsbokod (2,656)
- Bácsborsód (1,179)
- Bácsszőlős (349)
- Csikéria (868)
- Katymár (1,951)
- Kunbaja (1,562)
- Madaras (2,903)
- Mátételke (476)
- Tataháza (1,228)
The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.
Demographics edit
In 2011, it had a population of 20,094 and the population density was 38/km².
Year | County population[2] | Change |
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2011 | 20,094 | n/a |
Ethnicity edit
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 1,100), Croat (550), Roma (300) and Serb (100).
Total population (2011 census): 20,094
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 19,600 persons:
- Hungarians: 17,512 (89.35%)
- Germans: 1,062 (5.42%)
- Croats: 568 (2.90%)
- Gypsies: 291 (1.48%)
- Others and indefinable: 167 (0.85%)
Approx. 500 persons in Bácsalmás District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion edit
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]
- Catholic – 12,041 (Roman Catholic – 12,019; Greek Catholic – 21);
- Reformed – 1,048;
- Evangelical – 36;
- other religions – 169;
- Non-religious – 2,016;
- Atheism – 138;
- Undeclared – 4,646.
Gallery edit
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Bácsalmás, the district seat
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Latinovits Mansion in Bácsborsód
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Bácsbokod-Bácsborsód railway station
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Windmill near Tataháza
See also edit
References edit
- ^ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
- ^ népesség.com, "Bácsalmási járás népessége"
- ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
- ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
External links edit
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